Biomedical engineering is one of the most prominent and rapidly developing engineering fields. It is a discipline that is involved in the development of devices, algorithms, processes, procedures and systems to enhance and improve the medical field. Biomedical engineering has multiple areas of specialization that include: biomechanics, biomaterials, tissue engineering, imaging, and bioinstrumentation. This textbook serves as a guide to students and professionals seeking to understand commonly used technical terms and phrases in the biomedical engineering field. The content is specifically designed to define technical terms in a general context to facilitate an overall understanding. The book begins by translating terms in English to Arabic then Arabic to English. It can be used as a tool in the academic or professional environment for both English speaking and non-English speaking individuals alike.

This critical edition and lexicological analysis of the first of the two glossaries of Book 29 of Shem Tov ben Isaac's Sefer ha-Shimmush contains more than 700 entries and offfers an extensive overview of the formation of medieval medical terminology in the romance (Old Occitan and in part Old Catalan) and Hebrew languages, as well as within the Arabic and Latin tradition. (source: Nielsen Book Data) 9789004167643 20190204

Preface; Introduction; The Experts' Examination for All Physicians; CHAPTER ONE: On the Pulse; CHAPTER TWO: On Urine; CHAPTER THREE: On Fevers and Crises; CHAPTER FOUR: Favorable and Dangerous Symptoms; CHAPTER FIVE: On Simple Drugs; CHAPTER SIX: On Treatment; CHAPTER SEVEN: On What Ophthalmologists Should Be Asked; CHAPTER EIGHT: On What a Surgeon Should Be Asked; CHAPTER NINE: What the Bonesetter Should Be Asked; CHAPTER TEN: On the Fundamentals of This Art; Bibliography; Index.

This is a translation and edition of the medieval Arabic medical work entitled Imtihan al-alibba' li-kaffat al-atibba' ("The Experts' Examination for All Physicians"). It is a study guide for students of medicine prepared by Abd al-Aziz al-Sulami who was chief of medicine to the Ayyubid sultan in Cairo between 596/1200 and 604/1208. It is composed of ten chapters on ten fields of medicine: the pulse, urine, fevers and crises, symptoms, drugs, treatment, ophthalmology, surgery, bonesetting, and fundamentals. Each chapter contains twenty questions on the respective subject with the answer to each question. In addition an authority is cited for each answer. This work sheds light on medical education in the medieval Middle East and is an epitome of the medical knowledge of the time. (source: Nielsen Book Data) 9789004136717 20190128